The Egg Team Presents The Diamond Hunt

It's time to hunt for diamonds with THE EGG TEAM!!

Win some awesome items donated from each of our participating member's shops.

 

The hunt begins May 27th and ends June 24th midnight eastern time.

It is open to all worldwide.

Participating shops cannot enter.

The rules are easy, first look at the list of participating shops and next to each one you will see a number, that number represent how many diamonds are hidden within that shop.

You will be looking for this picture in each shop:

You must find all the diamonds in each shop and then send them to etsygoodiegoodies@gmail.com and post here in the comments that you sent the email and who sent it just in case any of them should get lost this is who we can keep track of entries. 

Make sure the links are clickable in your emails so best thing to do would be to copy and paste the links exactly and make sure you send them from the email you want to be contacted at if you win and you have put the same name in the email as the one you put in your comment of who sent it.

 

There are a total of 18 diamonds you must find.

You must be at least 18 years of age to enter!!

At the end of the hunt a winner will be choosen by random generator and contacted by email. If for any reason we cannot contact the winner a second drawing will be done.  We will announce the winner here on our blog on or around June 24-26th.

Only one winner for this hunt will be choosen. 

The prizes consist of an upcycled skirt drawstring bag by reducereuserepurpose, a lovely sent of skull wrist warmers by flowergurlcrafts, two awesome magnetic photo bookmarks by TheHappySoul, a pendant and keychain made from antique sliverware by sliverWARES, a burpcloth and wallet by InMy2Hands, a beautiful rock a billy scrabble tile skull necklace in it's own skull tin and upcycled domino keychain by islandgirlzjewelry, a mini pillow book nook by zulamay and a wonder pampering set of a tummy oatmeal heatpack, three stress relief eucalptyus mint soaps and two bags of soothing bath soak in honey almond scent by soapaddicts.

 

List of participating shops:

reducereuserepurpose 2

zulamay 2

soapaddicts 2

silverWARES 2

InMy2hands 2

islandgirlzjewelry 3

flowergurlcrafts 1

TheHappySoul 4

Check Out This Great Giveaway From HOST (the helping others street team)

The Etsy Helping Others Street Team (or HOST)invites everyone to enter their first Blog Contest for 2010. The prize is a $50US Shop Analysis from noisettemarketing on etsy. Contest is open to all Etsy shop owners and closes March 31st at midnight.

Details of the Giveaway can be found here:

http://helpingothersstreetteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/host-blog-giveaway-etsy-shop-analysis.html

The Egg Team's Wonderful Egg Hunt

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL

WITH FABULOUS GIVEAWAY

SPONSERED BY:

Come join in the fun and win a fabulous giveaway egg filled with awesome items donated from each of our participating member's shops.

The egg hunt begins March 15th and ends April 3rd midnight eastern time.

It is open to all worldwide.
Participating shops cannot enter.

The rules are easy, first look at the list of participating shops and next to each one you will see a number, that number represent how many eggs are hidden within that shop.
You must find all the eggs in each shop and then post the links in the comment section of this blog post.

UPDATED: There are a total of 23 eggs to find.
You must be at least 18 years of age to enter!!

Please be honest when joining in the egg hunt and do not copy and paste someone else's comment post with the found links.  You never know but they may not be all correct so please do take the time to actually HUNT for the eggs yourself and at the same time help support these great shops by taking a look at their wonderful items.

At the end of the egg hunt a winner will be choosen by random generator and contacted by email so please make sure there is an email either attached to your posting ID or make sure to post it along with your comment post. If for any reason we cannot contact the winner a second drawing will be done.

Only one winner for this egg hunt and that winner will receive a fabulous giveway worth over $150 in items that are shown here.

List of participating shops:

reducereuserepurpose 2

"Think Green" Repurposed, Reclaimed Material Screen Printed Strapped Pouch

sewsassycreations 2

Perfect Pocket Bag

The mini pillow was donated by zulamay who is in the process of moving at the moment so will not be able to participate in the egg hunt.

soapaddicts 2

Spa Set ~ Two Bath Fizzies, One Signature Angel soap, One Exfiolating Luxirious Celtic Knott Soap, One Lavender Vanilla Bath Salt Sample

sugarshoxcrafts 2

Awesome Fried Egg Earrings

silverWARES 2

Sliverware Pendant & Repurposed Domino Pendant with Necklace

dormousedesigns 2

Beautiful Gothic Tale Earrings

inmy2hands 2

2 Scrubbie Dub Dub Dish Scrubs

 lavanderdreams 2

3 Set Blue Crocheted Wash Cloths

thecreativecavaran 1

Block Printed Skinny Scarf

fyrecreek 2

Too Cute Hand Felted Woolly Gnome

flowergurlcrafts 1

Cutie Crocheted Chick in Basket

funvites 2

Fun Card Pack

sever96 1

Yummy 8oz Bag of English Toffee

(due to the freshness of this item it will be shipped directly from seller to winner)

In March Be On The Look Out For.......

COMING SOON!!

With A Fabulous Giveaway!!!

Congrats To The Team!!!

I wanted to send congratulations to all the members of The Egg Team as we were awarded one of Etsy's team grants for the month of February.

For more info about Team Grants see this Etsy Blog post: http://www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/team-tip-etsy-team-grants-1656/

For the Team Grant application see here:

http://team.etsy.com/grantsApp.html

Thank you soo much etsy and Morgan for selecting our team.

We will be using the grant to help advertise the team and get some promotional items together, as well as a team graphic and banner design. If you know of any etsy sellers who do this kind of work or if you are one please feel free to contact us and let us know what you do and pricing. Our team is still small but we will be making orders of at least 20 to 25 pieces depending on what the items are and the input from out members.

This is very exciting!

Make Beaded Bouquet Tutorial By Creative Home Arts

Bead A Bouquet Tutorial From Creative Home Arts

Beaded Floral Centerpiece

Customize your centerpiece

By: Sharon M. Reinhart

Bead and arrange dimensional paper flowers to create a springy new accent for a table or desk. An inexpensive mini watering can, some pink cardstock, and a few simple supplies are all you need. Create in colors to match your home décor.

Finished size: 7 1/2" tall Centerpiece (2 1/4" Flower Heads)

Skill: 1 Time: 1 Cost: 2

You will need:


• Mini gold watering tin
• One 2 1/2" craft foam ball*
• Pink cardstock*
• Multi-layered flower rubber stamp*
• Brown ink*
• Metallic thread* - #7730
• Beading needle
• Seed beads* - pink & tan iridescent
• One yd. light pink sheer dot ribbon*
• 1" circle punch
• Straight pin
• Foam mat
• Five wooden skewers
• Craft knife & mat
• White craft glue*
• Foam mounting tape
• Double sided tape
• Cellophane tape
• Optional: Office paper shredder
Ruler, scissors

• See photo for details and placement.

STEP 1: Stamp flowers. Ink flower stamp with brown ink. Stamp image onto smooth side of pink cardstock five times.


STEP 2: Cut flowers. Trim around each stamped flower. To create pop-up effect, use a craft knife to cut around inner pointed petal up to rounded petal, and following stamped lines. Use this technique on two flowers.

STEP 3: Make stitching holes. Place flower right-side up on a foam mat. Use a straight pin to pierce one hole at outside end of straight line in each rounded petal. Pierce another hole at opposite end, just inside center of flower.

STEP 4: Stitch flower centers. Cut 24" of thread. Thread onto beading needle. Do not tie a knot. Using a single thickness of thread, insert needle through one pierced hole in center of flower from back to front. Pull thread through until approximately 1/4" - 1/2" remains on back of flower. Secure end of thread with tape. Re-pierce any holes covered by tape. Pick up one seed bead on end of needle. Insert needle through same hole to return to back of flower. Continue until every center hole has been stitched with a bead. Stitch one pop-up flower with pink beads and the other with tan beads. For remaining flowers, stitch one with pink beads and two with tan beads.

STEP 5: Stitch lines in flowers. Continue to stitch straight lines on pop-up flowers, stitching twice on each line. For remaining flowers, stitch lines from outer hole to inside hole two times, insert needle through outer hole once more (back to front), pick up seed bead on end of needle, and return to back of flower through same hole. Continue until complete.

STEP 6: Curl flowers. Use skewer or fingers to curl pop-up petals slightly forward and outside petals slightly backward.

STEP 7: Assemble flowers. Punch or die cut ten 1" circles. Adhere one circle on back of each flower over top of stitching. Attach skewer to center back using double-sided tape or white glue. Apply a strip of foam mounting tape vertically on each side of skewer. Adhere remaining circles on top with textured side out to sandwich skewer between them.

STEP 8: Attach ribbon. Cut five 3 1/2" lengths of ribbon, tie in a knot around skewer at base of each flower, and trim ribbon ends at a slant. Cut three 4" lengths of ribbon, tie in a knot around watering can handle, and trim ends at a slant.

STEP 9: Assemble in watering can. Push foam ball into watering can. Excess will be trimmed by edge of watering can as ball is pushed in, ensuring a snug fit inside watering can. Determine placement of flower picks. Trim skewers as needed. Insert flower picks into foam. Cut several 1/4" strips from pink cardstock using scissors, or if available, run through an office paper shredder. Crumple strips in hands. Adhere on top of foam with white craft glue.


  *The following products were used in this project: Bazzill Basics color pinkini • Blue Moon Seed Beads • Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk inkpad • Crafter’s Pick The Ultimate glue • Lizzie Anne Designs “Jolies Fleur” rubber stamp set • Michael's ribbon • STYROFOAM Brand Foam • Wonderfil metallic thread.

Come Shop With The Etsy Goodie Goodies Team Members

reducereuserepurpose


babazoobee

DormouseDesigns

Zulamay

Soapaddicts

TheCreativeCavaran

Sugarshoxcrafts

silverWARES

LavanderDreams

sewsicora

SewSassyCreations

ExpressionsByCheree

vintagetreasurehntr

IFeltYourBeads

Under Construction

Please bare with us while we set up our blog. In the meantime check out the thread that started it all http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6411611